My garden is being overrun with weeds, but I have not been able to tend to it as usual.
My bucket potatoes have died back and the volunteer ones are still going. How long can I go without harvesting the potatoes? I have no intention of losing them to a freeze, but Id like to dig them as late as possible, thinking that they would keep in storage later in the year if I harvested them later.
“How long can I go without harvesting the potatoes?”
Usually you harvest them when the foliage has completely died back. If your potted potatoes still have foliage, wait for the foliage to die. Stop watering if the foliage has already died back.
You could possibly go a month after that, leaving them in the pots, but don’t go too much longer because if it stays warm by you into the Fall, they may re-sprout and you don’t want that!